The Border Into Brexit

Tweeting findings of a project from the Central Border Region of Ireland/N.Ireland, with @QUBelfast @europe_icban

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

The Border Into #Brexit:
Latest round of research re: local perspectives in Central #Border Region of #Ireland/#NorthernIreland.

Interim Findings: https://t.co/CXEG4CdYQ1
Previous reports:
Bordering on Brexit: https://t.co/35qxanyFsM
Brexit at the Border: https://t.co/lOVsSCOqeq

[Ben Rosher @BenRosher]

🌟CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS🌟

I am looking to speak with EEA/non-Irish EU nationals living in Derry/Donegal with experience of the EU Settled Status or Frontier Worker Permit schemes for my PhD research at Queen’s University.

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[Katy Hayward @hayward_katy]

The #Protocol on IRL/NI was agreed 2 years ago, with a key objective of avoiding a hard @BorderIrish

But what has #Brexit been like for people living along the #border?

We @QUBSSESW @europe_icban @UKandEU investigated…
And our report is out today!
https://t.co/qWpuZfHfUB
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[Katy Hayward @hayward_katy]

"The Border Into Brexit" Report is out!

On latest research conducted by @QUBelfast for & with @europe_icban, inc. survey, focus gps, stakeholder interviews in central border region.

*Thank You* to all who contributed.

TL;DR Border worries all round.
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https://t.co/uKw5OEIAvN

[Katy Hayward @hayward_katy]

Why are people in NI worried about this #Brexit deal?

My piece in @UKandEU uses interview data from @BorderBrexit research to help explain why borders - land & sea - matter so much here.

And thus why all 18 NI MPs are opposed to this #WithdrawalAgreement https://t.co/lU3Dv2pOXh

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"We don't want to look like some sectarian dugout. We don't want to live like that. We all do want to move on for the betterment of our communities and our children."

#BorderPerspectives from our recent #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"We don't have a voice, really. We don't have a say. Stormont isn't even there."

#BorderPerspectives from our recent #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"There can be no idea that you could trust them [politicians] when you are just a pawn to be played - and that's on both sides."

#BorderPerspectives from our recent #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"I don't think we're going to sit back and say "that's the new reality". It's going to cause ructions. There's decisions being taken that are alien to our lives but the results of which are going to impact heavily on us."

#BorderPerspectives from Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"I cross the border 6 times on the way to work. And 6 times on the way back. The political class have a complete misunderstanding of our use of the border and our day to day reality."

#BorderPerspectives from our recent #BorderIntoBrexit focus group in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"We [unionists] decided we don't want to be part of the EU, we want to be part of the UK at any cost. And now GB is turning round and sort of saying "we don't want you". It is alienating people"

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"But look at the damage [Brexit] is doing; what it is stirring up. Stuff that shouldn't be stirred up because we are only just coming out of conflict."

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Pettigo

[Queen's University Belfast 🎓 @QUBelfast]

The Border Into Brexit Survey: What do the communities living in the border region really think? Our @BorderBrexit experts uncover interesting findings in this timely survey.

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"Younger people socialise together in a way that we didn't... It was a psychological iron curtain... It could creep back in again. Brexit is opening it up space for those tensions to rise again"

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"It's in your bones that the border is here and what it means. That it disappeared to all intents and purposes was fantastic. Now it appears to be creeping back in again. This is why we are so concerned, we spent so long trying to get rid of it."

#BorderPerspectives from Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

We have Sterling in one pocket and euros in the other. You have to have a foot each side, it's the way it is.

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"So long as a border is in play it creates division. We've got rid of that division over the years..."

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Pettigo

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"A constant looking at the past is what is happening with Brexit and a lot of it is to do with identity...It is bringing it back. We just seem to be taking a step backwards"

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Belturbet

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

"They're talking about the border. They don't understand the border. It's a different world completely."

#BorderPerspectives from the #BorderIntoBrexit focus group held this week in Belturbet

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

The next #BorderIntoBrexit focus groups will take place in Pettigo (11th Nov) & Belturbet (12th Nov). These groups provide valuable and unique #BorderPerspectives from people in
@BorderIrish
communities.

For further info or to book a place, please email [email protected]

[The Border Into Brexit @BorderBrexit]

#BorderIntoBrexit focus groups with @hayward_katy and @milena_komarova will be held in Pettigo (11th Nov) & Belturbet (12th Nov). These groups provide valuable #BorderPerspectives from people in
@BorderIrish communities.

For more info or to book a place, email [email protected]